SCHOOL NEWS ROUNDUP

Thursday

Oct 17, 2013 at 3:15 AM

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ROCHESTER

Kindergarten started writing their first number stories this week. We are still practicing our “Tricky Teen” numbers and writing numbers 1-10. Our new story is “Dig, Dig, Digging.” The sound for the week is the T sound. We learned about Christopher Columbus and got to make boats from styrofoam, then we sailed them to America.

Mr. Cooper’s first-grade class: In first grade we read ”Get the Egg.” We are learning how animals travel, how the letter “E” can be short or long and how to identify the author and illustrator. Telling time is always a fun thing to learn.

By Edward Smith

On Tuesday, Oct. 8, the SES varsity volleyball team won its game against PCA. The girls are having a great season while having a great time.

On Sunday, Oct. 6, Crusaders for Caring, a school club that works on service projects, participated in the 2013 Crop Walk. The group earned more than $500 for local food charities like Gerry’s Food Pantry. Thank you to the students who went and helped raise money for charities.

The SES Harvest Fair will take place this Saturday, Oct. 19th from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The fair will be held in the school cafeteria which is located at 16 Bridge St. in downtown Rochester. The fair will have activities such as a penny sale, a white elephant sale, a bake sale, an auction (which begins at 11:30 a.m.), and many different raffles. There will also be a hot lunch including chowders, chili, hot dogs, and chips. The raffles will be for items like Patriot’s tickets, a professional photography package, and a deluxe George Foreman grill. Come and join us at SES this Saturday for a wonderful time.

If you are interested in your child practicing the holiday concert music, just send in a blank CD or $1. The concert music will be recorded on it and the lyrics are posted in a document on the music teacher’s website.

Chamberlain’s Dance Team will begin on Tuesdays from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. beginning Oct. 15 and running through Dec. 10. If your child is in grades 3 through 5 and would like to join, please fill out the permission slip and return it no later than Friday, Oct. 11. We will be doing Zumba for kids for our first session. Thanks to Mrs. Durand, Ms. Smith and Ms. Hennesey for coordinating this team.

If it’s Friday and that means Popcorn! Cost is 50 cents per bag, Money is collected Friday morning by classroom teachers and the popcorn is delivered to classrooms in time for snack.

Thank you to those who attended our Open House. We had an overwhelming turn out! It was nice to see parents and teachers connecting and the children were so proud to show you around their classrooms.

Early release is Oct. 23 at 1:15 p.m. Kindergarten students are allowed to take the bus on early release days, please just send in a note.

The box tops contest ends Oct. 18. Keep the box tops coming in!

Mark your calendars for Death by Chocolate! It will be Friday, Oct. 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. Please bring a dessert to share. There will be a costume contest, prizes, crafts, goodies and games. Sounds like fun!

The kindergarteners in Mrs. Tansey’s class have been learning about community helpers. Last week we read a story about a class that went on a field trip to different places in the community. In the story the class visited places including the park, library, and fire station. Mrs. Tansey’s class then came up with a list of people who work and help in the Rochester community. The class was asked to choose one of the people and write a sentence about how they help in our community. We then illustrated our drawings and combined them to make a class book.

Kindergarten is also learning about the life cycle of a pumpkin. Next week we will be traveling to Emery Farm to pick pumpkins. This week the students have been working on illustrating and sequencing the life cycle of a pumpkin, beginning with the seed. We are very excited for our field trip!

MILTON

By Megan Bouchard

On Tuesday, Oct. 8, at Dover High School, Nute’s unified soccer team suffered another loss against Dover’s unified team. With the score ending with Dover 8, Milton 4, Nute came home with all of the usual battle wounds and bruises from facing Dover’s unified team, bringing their record to1-3-0.

“Some [Dover] players got more aggressive than they should have,” said Nute’s unified captain, sophomore Brandon Smith, who scored three of Nute’s four goals.

During the beginning of the game, Nute’s usual goalie, yours truly and a sophomore, was out on the field and was tripped twice by a Dover player, whose name was not given.

Later, Brandon Smith, Nute’s shortest player, was surrounded by Dover’s tallest and strongest players, but as always, Nute’s unified team strived to keep a sunny outlook on the game as proved by coach Andre Van Coesant: “Nute had very good team play and effort from all players.”

After half time, junior Kate Hatch, who scored Nute’s other goal, made an incredible pass to Brandon Smith. Unfortunately, this pass did not lead to a goal. Overall, even with the loss, Nute’s unified team kept a good face.

“I think we all worked well together and had excellent teamwork,” said Nute’s partner captain, junior Taylor Belanger.

The unified teams are for kids with special needs who want to play sports. There are partners, or kids who don’t have special needs, who play as well to get a full team. As uber-enthusiastic parents from Dover yelled at their kids to do better at the game, Dover’s team hardly let the real unified players on the field while Nute strived to do the opposite.

Hopefully, the next game Nute has will be a win, not a loss.

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